The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17427   Message #168662
Posted By: Peg
26-Jan-00 - 01:01 PM
Thread Name: Aililiú na Gamhna
Subject: RE: Aililiú na Gamhna
Hi there; I used to sing this in a now-defunct band...

I believe the version of this on the Solas CD has a direct translation. I have it at home and if you want I could type it in...

Essentially it is a young girl singing about the simple delights of tending her cows: there is lots of pastoral imagery about milk pails and "all the pretty cows" dancing in the meadow in the late afternoon sun, all the pretty cows, I love them the best, etc. very charming song...

peg